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I never take them. Two reasons: (1) I'd rather analyze the game afterward and (2) opponent never says, "good game."

@OctoPinky said in #28: > Really? Like 300 every day for 6 months? Yep. That's about right. I'd do them in sets of 100. Usually 100-200 in the morning and then again after work. Takes about 10-15 minu…

Six months ago I was 1400 and hanging important pieces every other game. I decided to fix that by completing a large set of mate-in-1 puzzles. Six months and 51,000 mate-in-1s later, and I'm 1730 and …

@AFinn said in #4: > Why stop at 11,000? I bought a puzzle pack with 51,000 mate-in-1s a few months back. 10,000 more and I finish the puzzle pack.

@CSKA_Moscou said in #3: > Ok, and the real question is : is this helped you to play better ? Of course! My pattern recognition is way better than it use to be. I'm far more likely to see mating threa…

Managed 1,000 mate-in-1 puzzles in a row without error. The streak continues. Only 10,000 more puzzles to go, then we can move on to mate-in-2.

You might like the puzzle sets on Chess Kings. There is one called "Elementary Chess Tactics 1" that has around 4,300 mostly one-move simple puzzles involving the most basic tactics like forks, pins a…

The humble pawn is my hero. It's the piece with the most ambition! But it gets no respect. Some say it is not even technically a piece.

@OctoPinky I agree with you. Puzzles are only part of a training program. There are other aspects of the game besides tactics which must be honed, as well. I haven't got into endgames much yet aside f…

@griffindabeast You managed to be rude regardless ("classic case" really?). I only recently started doing large numbers of puzzles and it has had a tremendous impact on my game play. I have seen notic…